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1. Named after a Boston endocrinologist, what term describes the most common sex chromosome disorder in which the affected male has an extra X chromosome?

Klinefelter’s Syndrome

2. Only two chemical elements exist as liquids at normal room temperature. What are they?

Bromine and Mercury

3. Name the historical event that took place between May 25 and September 17 in 1787 that resulted in drafting of the constitution of United States of America.

The Philadelphia Convention

4. Which king once famously said ‘I am the State’?

Louis XIV

5. What is the term in economics to describe highly liquid assets that are not cash but can be easily converted into cash?

Near Money

6. What term that literally means ‘Mountain Fortress’ denotes the popular Chinese subculture of pirated brands and goods?

Shanzhai

7. In professional wrestling who are jobbers?

Wrestlers who are scripted to lose their match

8. What word borrowed from German describes the feeling of delight at the suffering of others?

Schadenfreude

9. What rare mineral named after a famous crystallographer has displaced diamond as the hardest substance?.

Lonsdaleite

10. What term describes sharing of office space between employees who are on different shifts or schedule?

Hot Desk

QUIZ - 71

1. Named after a Boston endocrinologist, what term describes the most common sex chromosome disorder in which the affected male has an extra X chromosome?

2. Only two chemical elements exist as liquids at normal room temperature. What are they?

3. Name the historical event that took place between May 25 and September 17 in 1787 that resulted in drafting of the constitution of United States of America.

4. Which king once famously said ‘I am the State’?

5. What is the term in economics to describe highly liquid assets that are not cash but can be easily converted into cash?

6. What term that literally means ‘Mountain Fortress’ denotes the popular Chinese subculture of pirated brands and goods?

7. In professional wrestling who are jobbers?

8. What word borrowed from German describes the feeling of delight at the suffering of others?

9. What rare mineral named after a famous crystallographer has displaced diamond as the hardest substance?.

10. What term describes sharing of office space between employees who are on different shifts or schedule?

Answers to Quiz - 70

1. Which specie of bird is widely believed to have propelled Charles Darwin in his postulation of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?

Finch

2. At a meeting of which well known scientific society did Charles Darwin present his famous theory of evolution on 1st July 1858?

The Linnean Society

3. Which British naturalist independently proposed the theory of natural evolution and thereby precipitated Charles Darwin’s decision to publish his own theory?

Alfred Russell Wallace

4. The inheritance from which famous family, to which he was connected through both his mother and wife, helped Charles Darwin in his chosen vocation?

Wedgwood

5. Who was the captain of HMS Beagle that took Charles Darwin on his 5 year long path breaking scientific expedition?

Robert FitzRoy

6. What marine creature did Charles Darwin study for 8 long years from 1846 to 1854 to train himself in zoology?

Barnacles

7. Name the renowned Geologist whose work deeply influenced Charles Darwin.

Sir Charles Lyell

8. What did Charles Darwin study in Edinburgh between 1825 and 1827 before abandoning it for theological studies in Cambridge?

Medicine

9. Name the famous botanist and explorer with whom Charles Darwin struck a deep friendship and whom he described as "the one living soul from whom I have constantly received sympathy".

Joseph Dalton Hooker

10. What was the strange subject of Charles Darwin’s last book published in 1881, a year before his death?

Vegetable Mould and Worms

QUIZ - 70

February 12 marks the 200th birth anniversary of one of the all time great scientists, Charles Darwin. This quiz is dedicated to his memory.

1. Which specie of bird is widely believed to have propelled Charles Darwin in his postulation of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?
2. At a meeting of which well known scientific society did Charles Darwin present his famous theory of evolution on 1st July 1858?

3. Which British naturalist independently proposed the theory of natural evolution and thereby precipitated Charles Darwin’s decision to publish his own theory?

4. The inheritance from which famous family, to which he was connected through both his mother and wife, helped Charles Darwin in his chosen vocation?

5. Who was the captain of HMS Beagle that took Charles Darwin on his 5 year long path breaking scientific expedition?

6. What marine creature did Charles Darwin study for 8 long years from 1846 to 1854 to train himself in zoology?

7. Name the renowned Geologist whose work deeply influenced Charles Darwin.

8. What did Charles Darwin study in Edinburgh between 1825 and 1827 before abandoning it for theological studies in Cambridge?

9. Name the famous botanist and explorer with whom Charles Darwin struck a deep friendship and whom he described as "the one living soul from whom I have constantly received sympathy".

10. What was the strange subject of Charles Darwin’s last book published in 1881, a year before his death?

Answers to Quiz - 69

1. What is the most common language spoken by Kurdish people?

Kurmanji

2. What term describes the naturally occurring phenomenon of dense concentration of harmful algae in marine bodies that lead to the death of fish?

Red Tide

3. The national film awards of France are given out every year in February and are named after the sculptor who designed the trophies. What are these awards called?

César Awards after César Baldaccini

4. The Haute Route is considered to be the most challenging ski tour in the world. Between which two points in the Alps does this route stretch?

Chamonix in France and Zermatt in Switzerland

5. Who are schmooseoisie?

The people who make their living by talking

6. What term describes food derived from genetically modified plants and animals?

Frankenfood

7. The Henry Draper Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for contributions to astrophysics. What did Henry Draper pioneer?

Astrophotography

8. Which chemical compound has the highest melting point of all known substances in the world at 4215 Degrees C?

Tantalum Hafnium Carbide

9. 50 years ago the Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman delivered a famous lecture
‘There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom’. What concept did this lecture give birth to?

Nanotechnology

10. What famous bridge was known by the nickname of Galloping Gertie?

The Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge which collapsed dramatically on 7th Nov 1940.

QUIZ - 69

1. What is the most common language spoken by Kurdish people?

2. What term describes the naturally occurring phenomenon of dense concentration of harmful algae in marine bodies that lead to the death of fish?

3. The national film awards of France are given out every year in February and are named after the sculptor who designed the trophies. What are these awards called?

4. The Haute Route is considered to be the most challenging ski tour in the world. Between which two points in the Alps does this route stretch?

5. Who are schmooseoisie?

6. What term describes food derived from genetically modified plants and animals?

7. The Henry Draper Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for contributions to astrophysics. What did Henry Draper pioneer?

8. Which chemical compound has the highest melting point of all known substances in the world at 4215 Degrees C?

9. 50 years ago the Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman delivered a famous lecture ‘There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom’. What concept did this lecture give birth to?

10. What famous bridge was known by the nickname of Galloping Gertie?